Hook and eye.



M. C. AVERA.

HOOK AND EYE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25. 191.1. RENEWED MAY 17.1915;

1,154,558. Pamntedse t. 21, 1915.

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MARGARET G. AVERA, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

HOOK AND EYE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 21, 1915.

Application filed July 25, 1911, Serial No. 640,427. Renewed May-17, 1915. Serial No. 28,769.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MARGARET C. AvnRA, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hooks and Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hooks and eyes and particularly to combined hook and eye fastening means.

It is an object of the invention to provide a hook and eye mechanism with a quickly attachable device, the said hook and eye being provided with a safety pin for securing it in place and holding the parts in proper alinement upon any suitable goods.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a combined hook and eye device with a safety pin attachment, the said hook and safety pin being formed of a single piece of material while the eye and safety pin is also formed of a single piece of material.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the improved hook and safety pin mechanism applied to a piece of fabric. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the said hook and safety pin attachment. Fig. i

3 is a top plan view of an eye with a safety pin attachment. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the same.

The details of the invention will now be more particularly described, reference being had to the drawing in which 1 indicates a hook, 2 a hump cooperating therewith, and 3 a safety pin for securing the hoop and hump device to any suitable material, and holding the same from twist ing out of position.

The parts are preferably made of a single piece of material as wire bent as indicated in Fig. 1. It will thus be seen that the hook l is formed by a loop in the said wire, one

portion of the loop at its base being bent to form an attaching ring or loop 4 while the other portion of the hook is carried around the adjacent parts of the eye and is extended to form the pin 3. From the ring 4 the wire extends longitudinally beneath the hook 1 and is formed into the hump portion 2 so as to coiiperate with the hook to prevent the eye from being readily disengaged therefrom. The wire is then formed into an edge ring or loop. After forming the ring or loop 5 the material is fastened about the parts which extend from the hump 2 and is then carried backwardly and downwardly to form a hook 6 for receiving the end of the safety pin 3. In this simple manner the whole hook member can be formed of'a single piece of material.

The safety pin forms a convenient attaching means for hooks which can be applied at any time to garments or material when it is not convenient to employ a needle and thread. The rings or loops l and'5 provide means by which the hook may be further secured in place as by stitching in the usual manner. The hook also provides an alining means in addition to the stitching rings for preventing the hooks from becoming twisted out of position as frequently occurs when the stitches by which the hooks are ordinarily secured become stretched. The eye employed is also formed with the same alining means thus as shown in Figs. 3 and 4,

the ordinary eye 7, which may be made straight or curved as desired, is formed at its ends with securing rings 8 and 9 and is provided with a safety pin 10 forming an alining means as in the case of the safety pin 3 of" the hook 1. The parts as in the case of the hook are usually formed of a single piece of material as wire, which is bent to form the safety pin 10 and thence carried around the body portion of the eye 7 and turned into the eye 8, the material thus extending to the other end of the device and is bent to form the ring 9, after which it is carried around the body portion of the eye 7 and turned into the hook 11 for the securing safety pin.

It will be understood that the advantages of the coiiperating alining member, namely the safety pins, are very useful in connection with the hooks and eyes, especially as hooks and eyes are generally applied to the edges of garments and should be held in the places which'they are originally designed to occupy and prevented from turning or twisting therefrom. In merely stitching or sewing the hooks or eyes in place upon the edges of garments the stitches readily become misplaced or stretched so that when the hooks or the eyes are twisted out of place it becomes difficult to fasten the parts. With the alining pin in addition to the stitching, both the hooks and eyes are prevented'from twisting-out of position and the fastening as a whole is made more effective and holds the garments more perfectly in place. 7

hat I claim is 1. As a new article of manufacture, a member of a hook and eye fastener, comprising a single piece of resilient Wire bent to form a body portion having securing eyes formed at each end thereof, said Wire at one end adjacent one of the securing eyes also being bent to form a pin receiving hook, and at the end opposite the receiving hook being bent to form an eye engaging hook, one end of said \vire terminating in a pin adapted to engage {the pin receiving hook, said body portion also formed with a hump adapted to cooperate with the eye receiving hook when the same engages an eye member,

As a new article of manufacture, a member of a hook and eye fastener comprising a single piece of resilient Wire bent to form a body portion formed of a smgle bar of Wire, having securing eyes formed at 20 bent to form a pin receiving hook, one end 25 of said Wire terminating in a pointed pin adapted to engage the pin receiving hook.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I he re hereunto subscribed my name this 20th day of Jnly, l911.

MARGARET C. AVERA. Vitnesses E. STADLMAN, .EARLE R. POLLARD.

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